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Exodo 12

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1 At ang Panginoon ay nagsalita kay Moises at kay Aaron sa lupain ng Egipto, na sinasabi,

2 Ang buwang ito'y magiging sa inyo'y pasimula ng mga buwan: siyang magiging unang buwan ng taon sa inyo.

3 Salitain ninyo sa buong kapisanan ng Israel na inyong sabihin: Sa ikasangpung araw ng buwang ito ay magsisikuha sila sa ganang kanila, bawa't lalake, ng isang kordero, ayon sa mga sangbahayan ng kanikanilang mga magulang, isang kordero sa bawa't sangbahayan:

4 At kung ang sangbahayan ay napakakaunti upang kumain ng isang kordero, ay siya nga at ang kaniyang malapit na kapitbahay ay magsasalosalo sa isa ayon sa bilang ng mga tao; ayon sa bawa't tao na kumakain gagawin ninyo ang pagbilang, sa kordero.

5 Ang inyong korderong pipiliin ay yaong walang kapintasan, isang lalake, na iisahing taon: inyong kukunin sa mga tupa, o sa mga kambing:

6 At inyong aalagaan hanggang sa ikalabing apat na araw ng buwang ito, at papatayin ng buong kapulungan ng kapisanan ng Israel, sa paglubog ng araw.

7 At kukuha sila ng dugo niyan, at ilalagay sa dalawang haligi ng pinto at sa itaas ng pintuan, sa mga bahay na kanilang kakainan.

8 At kanilang kakanin ang laman sa gabing yaon, na inihaw sa apoy, at tinapay na walang lebadura, kakanin nilang kaulam ng mapapait na gulay.

9 Huwag ninyong kaning hilaw, o luto man sa tubig, kundi inihaw sa apoy; ang kaniyang ulo pati ng kaniyang mga paa at pati ng kaniyang mga lamang loob.

10 At huwag kayong magtitira ng anoman niyaon hanggang sa kinaumagahan; kundi yaong matitira niyaon sa kinaumagahan ay inyong susunugin sa apoy.

11 At ganito ninyo kakanin; may bigkis ang inyong baywang, ang inyong mga pangyapak ay nakasuot sa inyong mga paa, at ang inyong tungkod ay tangnan ninyo sa inyong kamay; at inyong kakaning dalidali; siyang paskua ng Panginoon.

12 Sapagka't ako'y dadaan sa lupain ng Egipto sa gabing yaon, at aking lilipulin ang lahat ng mga panganay sa lupain ng Egipto, maging tao at maging hayop; at gagawa ako ng kahatulan laban sa lahat ng mga dios sa Egipto, ako ang Panginoon.

13 At ang dugo ay magiging sa inyo'y isang tanda sa mga bahay na inyong kinaroroonan: at pagka aking nakita ang dugo, ay lalampasan ko kayo, at walang salot na sasainyo, na papatay sa inyo, pananakit ko sa lupaing Egipto.

14 At ang araw na ito'y magiging sa inyo'y isang alaala, at inyong ipagdidiwang na pinakapista sa Panginoon; sa buong panahon ng inyong lahi ay inyong ipagdidiwang na pinakapista na bilang tuntunin magpakailan man.

15 Pitong araw na kakain kayo ng tinapay na walang lebadura; sa unang araw ay inyong ihihiwalay sa inyong mga bahay ang lebadura; sapagka't sinomang kumain ng tinapay na may lebadura mula sa unang araw hanggang sa ikapitong araw ay ihihiwalay sa Israel, ang taong yaon.

16 At sa unang araw ay magkakaroon kayo ng isang banal na pagkakatipon at sa ikapitong araw man ay magkakaroon ding kayo ng isang banal na pagkakatipon; walang anomang gawa na gagawin sa mga araw na iyan, liban na yaong nararapat kanin ng bawa't tao, na siya lamang maaaring gawin ninyo.

17 At iyong ipangingilin ang pista ng tinapay na walang lebadura; sapagka't sa araw ring ito kinuha ko ang inyong mga hukbo sa lupain ng Egipto: kaya't inyong ipangingilin ang araw na ito sa buong panahon ng inyong lahi, na bilang tuntunin magpakailan man.

18 Sa unang buwan ng ikalabing apat na araw ng buwan sa paglubog ng araw ay kakain kayo ng tinapay na walang lebadura, hanggang sa ikadalawang pu't isang araw ng buwan, sa paglubog ng araw.

19 Pitong araw, na walang masusumpungang lebadura sa inyong mga bahay: sapagka't sinomang kumain niyaong may lebadura, ay ihihiwalay sa kapisanan ng Israel, ang taong yaon, maging taga ibang lupa, o maging ipinanganak sa lupain.

20 Huwag kayong kakain ng anomang bagay na may lebadura; sa lahat ng inyong mga tahanan ay kakain kayo ng tinapay na walang lebadura.

21 Nang magkagayo'y ipinatawag ni Moises ang lahat ng matanda sa Israel, at sinabi sa kanila, Kayo'y lumabas at kumuha kayo ng mga kordero ayon sa inyo-inyong sangbahayan, at magpatay kayo ng kordero ng paskua.

22 At kayo'y kukuha ng isang bigkis na hisopo, at inyong babasain sa dugo, na nasa palanggana, at inyong papahiran ng dugo na nasa palanggana, ang itaas ng pinto at ang dalawang haligi ng pinto: at sinoman sa inyo ay huwag lalabas sa pinto ng kaniyang bahay hanggang sa kinaumagahan.

23 Sapagka't ang Panginoon ay daraan upang sugatan ang mga Egipcio; at pagkakita niya ng dugo sa itaas ng pinto at sa dalawang haligi ng pinto, ay lalampasan ng Panginoon ang pintong yaon, at hindi niya papayagan ang manunugat ay pumasok sa inyong mga bahay na sugatan kayo.

24 At inyong ipangingilin ang bagay na ito, na pinakatuntunin sa iyo at sa iyong mga anak magpakailan man.

25 At mangyayaring pagdating ninyo sa lupain na ibibigay sa inyo ng Panginoon, gaya ng kaniyang ipinangako, ay inyong tutuparin ang paglilingkod na ito.

26 At mangyayaring pagsasabi sa inyo ng inyong mga anak: Anong ibig ninyong sabihin sa paglilingkod na ito?

27 Na inyong sasabihin: Siyang paghahain sa paskua ng Panginoon, na kaniyang nilampasan ang mga bahay ng mga anak ni Israel sa Egipto, nang kaniyang sugatan ang mga Egipcio, at iniligtas ang aming mga sangbahayan. At ang bayan ay nagyukod ng ulo at sumamba.

28 At ang mga anak ni Israel ay yumaon at ginawang gayon; kung paanong iniutos ng Panginoon kay Moises at kay Aaron, ay gayong ginawa nila.

29 At nangyari sa hating gabi, na nilipol ng Panginoon ang lahat ng mga panganay sa lupain ng Egipto, mula sa panganay ni Faraon na nakaluklok sa kaniyang luklukan, hanggang sa panganay ng bilanggo na nasa bilangguan; at lahat ng panganay sa mga hayop.

30 At si Faraon ay bumangon sa kinagabihan, siya at lahat ng kaniyang mga lingkod, at lahat ng mga Egipcio, at nagkaroon ng isang malakas na hiyawan sa Egipto; sapagka't walang bahay na di mayroong isang patay.

31 At kaniyang tinawag si Moises at si Aaron sa kinagabihan, at sinabi, Kayo'y bumangon, umalis kayo sa gitna ng aking bayan kayo at sangpu ng mga anak ni Israel; at kayo'y yumaong maglingkod sa Panginoon, gaya ng inyong sinabi.

32 Dalhin ninyo kapuwa ang inyong mga kawan at ang inyong mga bakahan, gaya ng inyong sinabi, at kayo'y yumaon: at pagpalain din naman ninyo ako.

33 At pinapagmadali ng mga Egipcio, ang bayan, na madaliang pinaalis sila sa lupain; sapagka't kanilang sinabi, Kaming lahat ay patay na.

34 At dinala ng bayan ang kanilang masa bago humilab, na nababalot ang kanilang mga masa sa kanikanilang damit sa ibabaw ng kanikanilang balikat.

35 At ginawa ng mga anak ni Israel ayon sa salita ni Moises; at sila'y humingi sa mga Egipcio ng mga hiyas na pilak, at mga hiyas na ginto, at mga damit:

36 At pinagbiyayaan ng Panginoon ang bayan sa paningin ng mga Egipcio, ano pa't ibinigay sa kanila anomang hingin nila. At kanilang hinubaran ang mga Egipcio.

37 At ang angkan ni Israel ay naglakbay mula sa Rameses hanggang sa Succoth, na may anim na raang libong lalake na naglakad, bukod pa ang mga bata.

38 At isang karamihang samasama ang sumampa rin namang kasabay nila; at mga kawan, at mga bakahan, na napakaraming hayop.

39 At kanilang nilutong mga munting tinapay na walang lebadura ang masa na kanilang kinuha sa Egipto, sapagka't hindi pa humihilab, sapagka't sila'y itinaboy sa Egipto, at hindi sila nakatigil o nakapaghanda man ng anomang pagkain.

40 Ang pakikipamayan nga ng mga anak ni Israel, na ipinakipamayan nila sa Egipto, ay apat na raan at tatlong pung taon.

41 At nangyari sa katapusan ng apat na raan at tatlong pung taon, ng araw ding yaon ay nangyari, na ang lahat ng mga hukbo ng Panginoon ay umalis sa lupain ng Egipto.

42 Ito ay isang gabing pangingilin sa Panginoon dahil sa paglalabas niya sa kanila sa lupain ng Egipto: ito ay yaong gabi ng Panginoon na ipangingilin ng lahat ng mga anak ni Israel sa buong panahon ng kanilang lahi.

43 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises at kay Aaron, Ito ang tuntunin sa paskua: walang sinomang taga ibang lupa na kakain niyaon:

44 Datapuwa't ang alipin ng bawa't lalake na nabili ng salapi, pagkatuli sa kaniya'y makakakain nga niyaon.

45 Ang nakikipamayan at ang alilang binabayaran ay hindi kakain niyaon.

46 Sa isang bahay kakanin; huwag kang magdadala ng laman sa labas ng bahay, ni sisira kayo ng kahit isang buto niyaon.

47 Ipangingilin ng buong kapisanan ng Israel.

48 At pagka ang isang taga ibang lupa ay makikipamayan kasama mo, at mangingilin ng paskua sa Panginoon, ay tuliin lahat ang kaniyang mga lalake at saka siya lumapit at ipangilin: at siya'y magiging parang ipinanganak sa lupain ninyo; datapuwa't sinomang di tuli ay hindi makakakain niyaon.

49 Isang kautusan magkakaroon sa ipinanganak sa lupain, at sa taga ibang bayan na nakikipamayang kasama ninyo.

50 Gayon ginawa ng lahat ng mga anak ni Israel; kung paanong iniutos ng Panginoon kay Moises at kay Aaron, gayon nila ginawa.

51 At nangyari nang araw ding yaon, na kinuha ng Panginoon ang mga anak ni Israel sa lupain ng Egipto, ayon sa kanilang mga hukbo.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 8018

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8018. 'That Jehovah brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt' means that the Lord delivered those governed by the good of truth and guided by the truth of good from damnation. This is clear from the meaning of 'bringing out' as delivering; from the representation of 'the children of Israel' as those belonging to the spiritual Church, or what amounts to the same thing, those governed by the good of truth and guided by the truth of good, dealt with above in 7957, 8006; and from the meaning of 'the land of Egypt' as damnation. 'The land of Egypt' at this point means damnation because damnation is meant by the Egyptians' state at this time, 7766, 7778. The fact that the Lord delivered from damnation those belonging to the spiritual Church, that is, those governed by the good of truth and guided by the truth of good, see 6854, 6914, 7091 (end), 7828, 7932.

[2] Their deliverance by the Lord when He rose again is meant by the Lord's descent to the lower regions (ad inferos); 1 and it was made plain by the raising of the dead from their tombs, described in Matthew,

And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of sleeping saints were raised; and coming out of their tombs after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many. Matthew 27:52-53.

Their coming out of tombs, their going into the holy city, and also their appearing to many took place to bear witness to the deliverance by the Lord of those who until then had been held back in spiritual captivity, and to the introduction of them into heaven, heaven being meant in the internal sense by 'the holy city'. This is why the expression 'the holy city' is used when in actual fact it was not a holy but a profane city, since the Lord Himself - who was represented in all the ritual observances of their Church and described in the Word existing among them, and so was the God of their Church - was treated by them in so cruel a manner.

[3] Much the same is meant by this in Daniel,

At that time Your people will be rescued, every one who is found written in the book. Finally, many of those sleeping in the dust of the earth will awake - these to eternal life, but the rest to reproaches and to eternal disgrace. Daniel 12:1-2.

And also by this in Ezekiel,

Prophesy and say, Thus said the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O My people, and I will bring you onto the land of Israel, in order that you may know that I am Jehovah when I open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, O My people. And I will put My spirit in you, in order that you may live, and I will place you on your own land, in order that you may know that I Jehovah have spoken it and done it, said Jehovah. Ezekiel 37:11-14.

'The land of Israel', which is the land of Canaan, is used to mean heaven, 8011. The words quoted here from the prophet describe the new creation or birth of a person, and also the vivifying by the Lord of those belonging to the spiritual Church.

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1. The Latin here is per descensum Domini ad inferos. This appears to be a reference to the Apostles' Creed and the Athanasian Creed, which, in their traditional Latin versions, contain the phrase descendit ad inferos (He descended to the lower regions). The traditional English version says He descended into hell.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 6914

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6914. 'And I will give this people favour in the eyes of the Egyptians means fear, on account of the plagues, which those steeped in falsities had of those belonging to the spiritual Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'giving favour' as fear on account of the plagues, dealt with below; from the representation of the children of Israel, to whom 'people' refers here, as those belonging to the spiritual Church, dealt with in 6637; and from the representation of 'the Egyptians' as those who are steeped in falsities, often dealt with already. The fact that 'giving favour in the eyes of the Egyptians' means fear on account of the plagues that is present in those steeped in falsities is clear when one understands the matters described in the internal sense; for the subject is those who are steeped in falsities, meant by 'the Egyptians' - with the truths and forms of good which are to be taken away from them and passed on to those who belong to the spiritual Church. And since the subject is those who are steeped in falsities, 'favour' does not mean favour, for people who are steeped in falsities and evils do not feel in any way at all disposed to show favour towards anyone. If they treat anyone well or do not treat him badly they do so through fear of 'plagues'; these are the reason for their show of favour. This favour is the kind meant here in the internal sense. The internal sense displays things as they really are, not as they are made to stand in the letter, and makes every detail relevant to the subject. The truth of this is also evident from what follows regarding the Egyptians, where it is evident that they did not let the children of Israel go out of any disposition to show them favour, only out of fear on account of further plagues, Exodus 11:1; 12:33.

[2] These two verses, when they say that the women of Israel were to ask the Egyptian women for silver, gold, and clothes, refer to 'the plundering' of the Egyptians. And because what is meant by this cannot at all be known except from a revelation describing things that take place in the next life - for the internal sense contains the kinds of things that take place among angels and spirits - the matter must therefore be discussed. Before the Lord's Coming the lower parts of heaven had been occupied by evil genii and spirits; but afterwards they were driven out from there and that region was given to those who belonged to the spiritual Church, see above in 6858. As long as the evil genii and spirits were there they were under constant watch by angels belonging to a higher heaven and were thereby restrained from committing evil deeds openly. At the present day too some who are more devious than others because they mislead people by their pretence of innocence and charity are under watch by celestial ones, and so long as they are under it they are held back from their unspeakable tricks. They are directly overhead; but the celestial angels under whose watch they are kept are even higher. This has allowed me to know what the situation was like of the evil genii and spirits who occupied the lower region of heaven before the Lord's Coming; during that time they were held back by angels belonging to a higher heaven from committing evil deeds openly.

[3] But as for the way in which they were held back from committing evil deeds openly, this too I have been allowed to know. They were kept in check by external restraints, which were fear of the loss of position and reputation, and fear that they would be deprived of places they hold in that region of heaven and would be thrust down into hell; and at that time good yet simple spirits were attached to them. It was like what happens with people in the world. Even though inwardly they may be devils those external restraints force them to keep up a pretence of honourableness and righteousness and to do good. And to ensure that they go on behaving in these ways spirits who are governed by simple good are attached to them. The situation was similar with the evil who were in the lower region of heaven before the Lord's Coming. At that time too they could be driven by selfish kinds of love to speak what was true and do what was good. They were not unlike wicked priests, indeed even very wicked ones, who inwardly are devils, but who can proclaim the teachings of their Church with such passion and seeming zeal that they move the hearts of their hearers to godliness. Yet all the while they are ruled by self-love and love of the world, for the thought of their own position and gain reigns in every part of them and is what fires them to proclaim those teachings in such a way. There are evil spirits present with them, ruled by the same kind of love and consequently thinking in the same kind of way, who lead them; but good yet simple spirits are attached to them. From all this one may recognize what the state of heaven was like before the Lord's Coming.

[4] But after the Lord's Coming the states of heaven and hell were completely altered; for then the evil genii and spirits who occupied the lower region of heaven were cast down and were replaced by those raised up there who belonged to the spiritual Church. At that time the evil who were cast down had the external restraints taken away from them, which, as stated above, were fear of the loss of position and gain and deprivation of places they hold in that region. They were thus left to their inner selves, which were entirely devilish and hellish, and so were banished to the hells. The removal of external restraints is effected in the next life by withdrawing the good spirits who have been attached to them; and when they have been withdrawn the evil can no more maintain any pretence of goodness, righteousness, or honourableness, but can only behave in accord with what they had been like inwardly in the world, that is, in accord with what they had really thought and desired, which they had concealed from others there, their only wish being to do what is evil. The good yet simple spirits who were withdrawn from those evil spirits were assigned or attached to those who belonged to the spiritual Church, to whom that region of heaven was given as a possession. This is why they were enriched with the truths and forms of good which the evil genii and spirits had had previously. Enrichment with truths and forms of good is effected in the next life by means of the attachment of spirits with whom truth and goodness are present; for communication is effected through them.

[5] These things are what are meant by the statement that the children of Israel would not go out of Egypt empty-handed, and that a woman should ask of her female neighbour, and of the female guest in her house, vessels of silver, vessels of gold, and clothes, and in so doing would plunder the Egyptians. Anyone can see that unless the kinds of things described above had been represented the Divine would never have commanded them to use that kind of guile against the Egyptians; for all behaviour like that is very far removed from the Divine. But since those people were completely representative they were allowed by the Divine, because such a thing would be done to the evil in the next life, to act in that kind of way. It should be recognized that very many things which were commanded by Jehovah or the Lord do not in the internal sense mean things that were commanded by Him but those that were permitted.

  
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